• Report: Palestinian Universities Under Occupation

    Posted on August 9, 2015

    The following report was issued in July 2015 by an eight-member delegation organized by the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI), which visited seven Palestinian universities in April 2015. The full report text is below, or you can download a PDF of the report. Palestinian Universities under Occupation This Report was prepared […]

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  • Cultural Studies Association Executive Committee Condemns Israel’s Attacks on Palestinian Universities

    Posted on August 11, 2014

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2014 Press Contact: csamedia@csalateral.org The Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Executive Committee strongly condemns the continuing attacks on Palestinian universities, colleges, and schools by the Israeli government, including most recently the June 2014 invasion of Birzeit University, and the August 2014 decimation of the Islamic University in Gaza City. Israel”s continuing attacks targeting identifiable […]

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  • Al-Shabaka: Another casualty of Israeli war: Palestinian right to education

    Posted on August 11, 2014

    Al-Shabaka is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and foster public debate on Palestinian human rights and self-determination within the framework of international law. This policy brief is authored by Aimee Shalanand Samer Abdelnour. Aimee Shalan is the director of the Friends of Birzeit University, a UK-based charity that supports the right to education […]

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  • Right to Education Campaign 2013

    Posted on November 6, 2013

    Right to Education Campaign Dear friends, We are writing to you to invite your group to participate in this year’s ‘Right 2 Education Week’. Every year, the Right 2 Education Campaign mobilises an increasing number of people globally to take part in a week of events and actions to raise awareness about the plight of […]

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  • Barghouti: The Struggle for an Equal Right to Academic Freedom

    Posted on June 5, 2011

    The following article, by Riham Barghouti, founding member of PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, was published by the International Institute of Social Studies: The Struggle for an Equal Right to Academic Freedom By Riham Barghouti Struggles by Palestinian scholars for academic freedom and equal rights are inextricably linked […]

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  • UK’s largest academic trade union denounces threats to right to education, distributes PACBI call

    Posted on May 29, 2011

    The University and College Union, UCU, is the largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and academic-related staff working in further and higher education throughout the UK, passed the following resolution at its Congress on May 29, 2011, drawing attention to threats to the right to education and calling for the […]

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  • Awarta: The Right to Education Denied

    Posted on May 17, 2011

    The attached report was issued by the UNESCO Chair on Human Rights and Democracy at An Najah National University.  The Right to Education is an important right denied Palestinians by Israel, and is the subject of an important call for academic boycott. While University students all over the West Bank are taking exams, students from […]

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